Outcome-asset impact model: linking outcomes and assets

Citation
Cs. Reed et Re. Brown, Outcome-asset impact model: linking outcomes and assets, EVAL PROG P, 24(3), 2001, pp. 287-295
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work & Social Policy
Journal title
EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNING
ISSN journal
01497189 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
287 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0149-7189(200108)24:3<287:OIMLOA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Two shifts are occurring in the delivery of health and human services. Firs t, pressures for accountability increasingly focus on the benefits individu als receive as a result of program interventions. Second, interventions are increasingly framed within the context of the strengths that are built in individuals, rather than focusing on the deficits ameliorated. Visualizing 'healthy' individuals allows practitioners to better articulate the positiv e statuses and conditions they seek with and within their clients. Combinin g elements of both trends-client-centered outcomes and asset orientations-w ithin a systems approach provides a powerful way to understand, plan and ev aluate program interventions. This article introduces the Outcome-Asset Imp act Model (OAIM), a tool that can be used to enact this approach, and artic ulates its application through three case studies. (C) 2001 Elsevier Scienc e Ltd. All rights reserved.